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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

Release Date : 2017-04-22

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Harpo FilmsCine MosaicHBO Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Rebecca Skloot

Original Name : Rose Byrne

Gender : Female

Character Name : Henrietta Lacks

Original Name : Renée Elise Goldsberry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Deborah Lacks

Original Name : Oprah Winfrey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Country Girl Mae

Original Name : Ninja N. Devoe

Gender : Female

Character Name : Aunt Ethel

Original Name : Lisa Arrindell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cousin Josh

Original Name : Earl Poitier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Day Lacks

Original Name : L. Warren Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cousin Fred

Original Name : Patrick Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Hsu

Original Name : Jane Rumbaua

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mary Kubicek

Original Name : Sylvia Grace Crim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lawrence (16 yrs.)

Original Name : Tian Richards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Woman

Original Name : Kate Bond

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Gladys

Original Name : Jazzy Ellis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carl the Mechanic

Original Name : Jock McKissic

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deborah (15-24YRS)

Original Name : Kyanna Simone Simpson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sadie

Original Name : Tinashe Kajese

Gender : Female

Character Name : Johns Hopkins Student

Original Name : Kayla Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Gey

Original Name : Karen Wheeling Reynolds

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor

Original Name : Todd Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Sonny Lacks

Original Name : Jordan Eli Arellano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman at Pump

Original Name : Mary Shaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johns Hopkins Nurse

Original Name : Tatom Pender

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chris the Intern

Original Name : Christopher Robert Escobar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scientist

Original Name : Clint Edwards

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Joe

Original Name : De'Marco Arrington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alfred

Original Name : Jaylon Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henrietta Lacks Neighbor

Original Name : Tashaun Stanfill-Perry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johns Hopkins Student

Original Name : Matthew Bernard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Boy

Original Name : Sage Mayer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebecca's Co-worker

Original Name : Elizabeth Hackler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : David Shae

Gender : Male

Character Name : Davon Lacks

Original Name : Jaedon Godley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elsie Lacks

Original Name : Tyvonna Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Sonny

Original Name : Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scientist

Original Name : Miguel Angel Marrero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Original Name : Courtney B. Vance

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. George Gey

Original Name : Reed Birney

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Administrator

Original Name : Alpha Trivette

Gender : Male

Character Name : Church Patron

Original Name : Terrence V. Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : Sean Freeland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zakariyyah

Original Name : Reg E. Cathey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Christoph Lengauer

Original Name : Gabriel Ebert

Gender : Male

Reviews

Reno

@Rangan

2024-05-16

**You will know everything, but Henrietta Lacks!** It's a good biographical drama, but the only problem is its not what exactly the title says. If you believed to learn about Henrietta Lacks and went to see it, you might end disappointingly. Because she was the only topic of the story, not the actual story, except a few glimpses. It is like you watched 'Infamous' or 'Capote', instead of 'In Cold Blood'. That's what like this film. Yet not a bad film. A writer pursuing the family members of a person who lived in the mid 20th century, because she was a medical phenomenon. Her cells used to treat cancer, despite she had died of cancer, leaving her young kids behind. Her descendants not aware of how things work in the medical research, only misguided by others, finally, set to discover the truth themselves about all the fuss. It was nominated for the Emmy, but did not win. Oprah was okay, but Rose Byrne impressed me. Except a misleading title, it is a good film, but I really wanted/want to know the Henrietta Lacks. That's funny, because they have told us an unnecessary story. I hope somebody would make a film about actual Henrietta Lacks! _5.5/10_